Improvement in combs and brushes



`T. LANSTON. 'Improvement in Combs and Brushes.

Patented May 30,1871.

UNITE STATES A To ail whom it may concern:

Washingtomin the county of Washington and being had to the annexeddrawing making a tles are fixed I attach the comb a in such a manmethod,as the 'article ca'n then be used in TOLBERT LNsToN, oF'wAsHmeToN,DIsTRIcT or COLUMBIA.

IMPROVEMENT |N comes AND BRUSHES.

Specification formingpart of Letters Patent No.115,488, dated May 30,1871 antedated May 27, 1871.

Beit known that I, lIoLBIIRT LANsToN, of

District of Columbia, have invented a new and valuable Improvement inCombs andBrushes; Y and Ijdo hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description of the con` struction and operationof the same, reference part of this specification and to the letters andiieures of reference marked thereon.

Figure l ofthe drawing is a plan view of my invention. Fg.2 is across-sectional view My invention has relation to toilet imple- Theordinary To the side of that portion b in which the brisner'that it beoutward and downward, or toward the bristle side ofthe brush. If twocombs are used they should beplaced one on each side of the brush, andthis is the preferable either direction.

In the manufacture of these uarticles it isl` desirable, in stiffbrushes, that the bristle-surface be beveled off or rounded up on eachside C' laim.

A comb and brush attached to the same handle, and combined in such amanner that both operateon the hair at the same time-- In testimony thatI claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence oftWo witnesses.

TOLBERT LANSTON. Witnesses:

FRANK B. CURTIS, D. D., KANE.

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